DEVAKI Blessed are you, O mother Devaki, in whose house there is Lord Kavalapati (Vishnu). (Mali Gaura Namdev, p. 988) She was the daughter of Devaka and wife of Vasudev. The tyrant king Kansa was her cousin. Balarama was her seventh child and Krishna the eighth. Devaki was in prison, when Krishna was bom. Krishna was miraculously taken to the house of the cowherd Nanda and exchanged with his daughter. He was brought up there. See : Krishna , Kansa , Nanda , Jasoda , Balarama
References :
1. Kohli, Surindar Singh (ed), Dictionary of Mythological References in Guru Granth Sahib, 1993
In Hindu mythology, Devaki is revered as the mother of Lord Krishna. She was the daughter of King Devaka and married Vasudeva, a prince of the Yadu dynasty. Devaki’s story is deeply intertwined with Krishna’s divine mission. After a prophecy foretold that her eighth child would bring about the downfall of her cousin, the tyrant King Kamsa, Devaki and Vasudeva were imprisoned. Devaki endured the loss of her first six children, who were killed by Kamsa. Her seventh child, Balarama, was miraculously transferred to Rohini’s womb, and her eighth child, Krishna, was safely smuggled to Gokul, where he grew up to fulfill the prophecy.
